Fo Plays: 1: Mistero Buffo; Accidental Death...; Trumpets and Raspberries; Virtuous Burglar; One Was Nude...Mistero Buffo, or The Comic Mysteries, is based on research into mediaeval mystery plays; The Accidental Death of an Anarchist concerns the "accidental" (or not) death of an anarchist railwork who "fell" (or was pushed) to his death from a police headquarters window in 1969; Trumpets and Raspberries is "A deeply subversive farce" (The Guardian) in which the boss of Italy's biggest car manufacturer FIAT, is mistaken for a left wing terrorist. |
Common terms and phrases
Agnelli Alright anarchist ANGEL ANNA ANTONIO Anyway Beat yourselves BLIND bomb Boniface BURGLAR BURGLAR'S WIFE Christ comes CONSTABLE crazy CRIPPLE CRUCIFIER Dario Fo death DOCTOR door DOUBLE dress DRUNKARD everything EXAMINING MAGISTRATE Excuse eyes FOOL Franca Rame Gianni Agnelli give Glug goes hand happened happy head Honour husband INSPECTOR BERTOZZO Jesus JOANNA jongleur JOURNALIST kick killed laugh Listen look Lotta Continua LUCIA madam Madonna MANIAC Marriage at Cana MARY Matazone mean mimes mind miracle Mistero Buffo move NAKED never Oh yes PATROLMAN piece play police POLICEMAN poor pulls raptus realise Red Brigades remember roadsweeper ROSA round SECOND SWEEPER shouting Shut SOLDIER sorry SPORTS JACKET stop SUPERINTENDENT supposed talk tell theatre there's things told Trumpets and Raspberries trying turns villeyn wait What's who's window WOMAN words worry wretch